Toy coaster



D. on DUCATT.

TOY COASTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1919.

Patented Mar. 23,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET lm WW (fl-Marmot;

D. C. DUCATT.

TOY C(\S1ER.

APPLICATION FILED JU'NEE, 1919.

1,334,441 Patented Mar. 23. 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ST TES ybnmsolnnca'rr, or-samactaxn, new YORK.

To dZZ cohom may concern:

Beat knownthat 1, Dennis G. Duoa'rr, a

- citizen ofthe United States, residing at Sara- .nac Lake, in the county of Franklin and State of:New York, l1ave invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Toy 3 Coasters, .of which the following is a specifieationf. t

,Tlns mventronmelates to toys andmore particularly to astolyx coaster which may be employed either-'with. wheels, or with'runi ners-forruse; on ce 1; and snow.

011s ofvthe objects of the inventionis to provide a to ,r;.l1orse mounted on a frame whichma be .riden ;by children and which will boequipped with driving mechanism arrangedto propel l the toy when it is used as anice or: snow: coaster.

A further. object of the invention is. to provide a device? of this character which consists of comparatively fewparts and is simple in construction, butdurable and well adapted. to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordi narily subjected. I

For a full description of the invention and the :ulvantages, and merits thereof, reference to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1' is a side elevation of the de vice constructed in accordance. with my invention, parts being broken away to -more clearly disclose the operative parts.

' Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail section of a portion of the operating apparatus, and

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of a portion of the steering device.

Referring to the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, in which like numerals of-reference indicate like or corresponding parts through out the'several views, the main portion of theapparatus is in the form of a body of a toy horse, equipped with a saddle 2 upon which the rider may be seated. The front supporting standard 3 is provided with an axle i which, in the present instance 1s' equipped with a front" runner 5, and 1t Wlll .be obvious that the} front steering wheel may be substituted for this runner if desired. The front standard is also provided with an upwardly extending king pin 6 pro- 7 jected through the body of the horse and rohave their forward ends "for co'nsrnn.

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tatably mounted so that. thestandard mayf be turned. The upper end of the ki pro]ects upwardly from the top of t (5)0 forwardly of the saddle, 2 and: arries-w handle bar 7 which may be graspedljhy the:

P a dy] a rider to turn so that-the forwardfrunnerl; may be turned to steerthe ,de'vicefAbk runners may also be removedso that wheelsl may be mountedon the ends of time when desired. The frameibar s wardly beneath ,the B0515 the tion 12 fixed to the body 1; I These'ffi'ame'l bars are equipped 'withl a drive shaft 13 1ournaled in suitable bearings'car 'ied ,by the side bars and have theirendjs iprovilded wiltli' 5 'the pedals 14 which may be engagedby tlie feet of the rider so that turning movement may be imparted to thej drivefshaft 133' Fixed to the drive shaft fldii's, a sprocket 15 over which a chain 1 6 is transcend the; f shaft or rear axle 9 carries a sprocket l7]? having the chain 16 trained thereover so that the rear axle may be driven when the sprocket is rotated. The rear axle 9 also carries a sprocket 18 engaged with a chain 19 whlch is also trained over a sprocket 20 on the counter shaft 21. The'latter is' supported in a rearwardly extending flame which is formed by the frame bars 22 which are equipped with bearings '23, having the ends of the shafts 21' journaled therein. Also mounted upon theshaft 21 is a wheel 24: the periphery of which is equipped with spikes or prongs 25' which are adapted to engage the ice or snow on the surface overwhich the device travels'to drive the ap aratus forwardly. The forward ends 0 the frame bars 22 are pivotally connected to the rear axle 9 so that the frame' bars may be swung upwardly to raise the power'wheel out of engagement with the ice or snow. This lifting operation is accomplished through the medium of a liftbar 26 attached to one of the bearings 23 and secured to a lever 27 pivoted to one of the hind legs of the horse as shown in Fig. 1. The p vot member 28 permits the lever 27 to swmg, and the opposite end of the lever is con nected by a pull rod 29 to an operating lever 30 pivoted as indicated at 31 on the side of the body and equipped with a'latch member drive the apparatus forwardly. It may be readily uided by turning the handlebar 7 32 whereby the lever may held in the desired adjusted position. \Vhen the'lever 30 1s swung on its pivot, the pullrod 29, is actuated to swing the lever 27 on its pivot whereby'the pull rod 26 may be actuated to raise or lower the power wheel 24. A coil spring 32 is secured to one of the hind legs and to the bar 26 so that the wheel is urged into the ground under normal condltlons.

When 1n use as a coaster on ice or snow,

the lever 30 will be pulled rearwardly so,

' that the power. wheel is urged into the surface of the ice or snow and the rider will actuate the pedals so that the chain driving mechanism will rotate the power wheel to fObviOus y when a hill is reached down pedals are actuated it will be readily a-pparcut that wheels may be mounted in place of the rear runners 10 so that the device may beemployed onthe surface of the ground.

7 'might be considered to be the approved or The foregoing description and accompanying drawings have reference to what preferred form. of my inventionfi l desire it to be understood that I may makesuch changes in the construe don, combination and arrangement of part sf, mater1als, dnnenslons, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of theappended claims.

Havin thus fully described my invention what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a toy horse, runner means provided. for carrying said toy horse, a

powerwheel, means for connecting said power wheel to said toy horse, a lever fulcrumed .at its center point upon said toy horse, a rod attached to one extremity of said lever and to said power wheel, a rod connected to the other extremity of said lever and means provided for pulling and pushing said last mentioned rod, whereby said power wheel may be lifted or lowered and means provided upon said first mentioned rod to normally force same downwardly.

' 2. In'combination with a toy horse provided with runners, a bar pivotally connected to one of said runners, a power wheel connected to said bar, means for rotating said power wheel, a lever fulcrumed at its center point upon said toy horse, a rod connected to one extremity of said lever and connected to said power wheel, a spring having one end attached to said rod and its other end attached to said toy horse thereby normally pulling said rod downwardly, and means for manipulatin said lever so as to pull or push said ro for lifting or lowering said power wheel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DENN IS C. DUCATT. Witnesses:

EARL H. MCMANUS, SEAv'ER A. MILLER. 

